Kepler Mission: A search for habitable planets

Nasa has blasted a 5m-long telescope into space from Cape Canaveral to look for other planets like Earth. Over the next three and a half years, the Kepler telescope will study the brightness of more than 100,000...

Bangladesh Torture Probe

An international media watchdog has called on Bangladesh's emergency government to investigate the alleged torture of a newspaper editor by elite security forces. International press freedom group Reporters Without Borders said Noor Ahmed of the daily Sylhet Protidin was...

Education For All: Is Bangladesh there yet?

Bangladesh has made tremendous progress towards increasing both primary and secondary school enrollment. This progress has been achieved in spite of high poverty and its vulnerability to natural calamities. Bangladesh has recognized that primary education is critical to...

Migrant Workers in Singapore: The View from Inside

Migrant workers from Bangladesh are part of a growing number who are being ripped off in highly organised scams. Workers are leaving their homes for the promise of money and security in Singapore, only to discover...

Climate Change: Bangladesh Facing the Challenge

In conjunction with the UK-Bangladesh Climate Change Conference: Bangladesh Facing the Challenge on September 10, 2008, the World Bank has prepared a web feature on climate change in Bangladesh. Trapped between...

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